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Alessandro Lepore
January 12, 2018
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Italy
Some random facts about Italy
Alessandro Lepore
January 12, 2018
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Transcript
Italy random facts
Cooking good italian food is easy! ITALY AFRICA RUSSIA ASIA
EUROPE
Italy • Population: 60.5 millions • Capital: Rome (2.8 millions)
• Area: 301,338 km2 • Slightly larger than Arizona • 4/5 is mountainous or hilly • more earthquakes than any other european country!
Italy: Super quick history
Prehistory • Someone was here 1.5 million years ago Ötzi
- 5300 years old guy 12000 years old drawings
Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD) - ⅔ of USA
size
Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD)
Middle Ages 1500 1000
1861: kingdom of Italy
1922-1943: National Fascist Party censored
1946-now: Republic
BOnus: Vatican City • Population: ~1000 • Independent from 1929
• 0.44 km2 (smallest of the world) • can lock its own gates at night
BOnus: San marino • Since 301 AD • Population: 33k
• Oldest republic of the world! • 61 square kilometers
Languages • Italian • Also some french, german • ~34
living spoken languages • Lots of dialects
Languages: you may need subtitles
Good things in Italy: history •
Good things in Italy: history •
Good things in Italy: coasts • 7458 km of coasts
Good things in Italy: Mountains • Monte bianco - 4808
m Cervino - 4478 m
Good things in Italy: Mountains •
Good things in Italy: volcanoes! •
Good things in Italy: food!
(some) italian food is easy! 1. Quality ingredients 2. Basic
cooking skills 3. Profit!
italian food is easy! Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino (~
20 min.) 1. Water 2. Pasta 3. Garlic 4. Good olive oil 5. Red pepper
Making good italian food is easy! Carbonara (~25 min.) 1.
Water 2. Pasta 3. Eggs 4. Bacon 5. Pecorino/parmesan cheese 6. Pepper
italian food is easy! Scaloppine al limone (~20 min.) 1.
Slices of veal 2. Butter 3. Lemon juice 4. Flour 5. Pepper
italian food is easy! Tiramisù (~40 min., no cooking!) 1.
Cookies 2. Coffee 3. Mascarpone cheese 4. Eggs 5. Sugar 6. Cocoa powder
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